Anton Pilgram (astronomer)
Anton Pilgram (born October 3, 1730 in Vienna , † January 15, 1793 ibid) was an Austrian astronomer and meteorologist .
Life
Pilgram was the eldest son of Franz Anton Pilgram . Anton Pilgram joined the Jesuit order in 1747 and already had a special fondness for mathematics in its schools. In 1753 he was appointed as an assistant by Maximilian Hell , then director of the Vienna University Observatory. In 1769 he became Hell's representative during a trip. Pilgram planned to set up a network of meteorological observation stations. The abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773 prevented this plan.
He received the title of Imperial Astronomer. His first assignment was to map out what was then the Archduchy of Lower Austria with his colleague Francis Triesnecker .
Eight of Pilgram's writings are in Latin and four in German. Under the latter there is also a logarithm . He edited the Ephemerides astronomicae ad meridianum Vindobonensem for the years 1769, 1770 and 1771 alone, for the later years in association with Hell. In this yearbook, the original article Disquisitio de parallaxi solis (1774) was particularly important. He also provided a German edition of Bélidor's beginnings in artillery science .
The investigations into probabilities in meteorology based on long-term observations (1778) are very important . He showed that the stars do not affect the weather. Pilgram wanted to find out what the farmer rules and the lot days are worth and whether there are any variables such as temperature or air pressure that determine the weather. He was the first to recognize the connection between the barometer reading and the weather.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pilgram, Anton (1730–1793) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 289 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Siegmund Günther: Pilgram, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 129.
Web links
- How safe are pawn rules? on oe1.ORF.at
- Surveying of Galicia and Lower Austria (PDF; 247 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marianne Klemun: Structure and organization of the meteorological measuring network in Carinthia (19th century) [1] (PDF; 1.6 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilgram, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian astronomer and meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1793 |
| Place of death | Vienna |